(v. i.) To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
(v. i.) To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
(v. i.) To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.
Example Sentences:
(1) Infectivity of linear lambdaDNA molecules is proved to be about a hundred times higher in calcinated E. coli K12 (lambai434) than in E. coli K12(lambda-): the levels of transfection were 1-3-10(7) and 1-2-10(5) infective centers per 1 mug DNA, respectively.
(2) The lithium content of the tissues was assayed by flame spectrophotometry of calcinated biopsy material taken from the epidermis, the dermis and the subcutaneous adipose tissue from 4 of our 5 cases.
(3) For some metals the analysis can be directly achieved by means of atomisation of the biological liquid in a flame or in a graphite furnace; for other metals it is necessary a treatment of the sample to separate the metal from the rest of the matrix, which can be: calcination, microcalcination, mining.
(4) The results obtained from the ethanol-treated rats were similar to those obtained in experiments on control rats fed on diets not containing calcinated bone meal.
(5) In those working with calcined clay, there was an increased prevalence of abnormality of the FEV1, but not the FVC, when compared to both wet and dry processors and which could not be explained by either cigarette smoking or the presence of pneumoconiosis.
(6) Dehydration conditions similar to those employed in wet calcination of gypsum appeared to be produced under atmospheric pressure when NaCl was present.
(7) He observed that metals gain weight during their calcination (oxidation) and concluded that air is taken up during this process.
(8) The magnitude of abnormality in the calcined clay workers was, however, unlikely to lead to disabling impairment.
(9) The results reveal that arsenic contents in pig native copper are about 10 times of those in the calcination samples.
(10) TCP capsules with an outer diameter of 0.8 cm and an inner diameter of 0.4 cm were prepared by compressing calcined materials in a cylindrical dye at a compression load of 700 Kg.
(11) Administration of vitamin D in a dose of 400 IU and increase of calcium consumption up to 110-120 mg and of phosphorus to 45-57 mg per kg body weight at the expense of calcinated cottage introduction into the diet provide for the optimal levels of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol and calcium in the blood of these children.
(12) In Experiment 2, urinary Mg excretion on d 4 and 5 of the collection was lower for sheep fed the brine oxide than for those fed sulfate or oxide from calcined magnesite.
(13) The most toxic material tested was BeSO4, followed by BeO calcined at 500 degrees C, then BeO calcined at 1000 degrees C. An in vitro dissolution technique was used to measure the relative solubility of the BeO particles.
(14) In CT, diagnosis was based on the detection of a formation with a capsule containing calcinates and air masses.
(15) Bodies found in acts of war or natural disasters are sometimes impossible to identify for police or legal purposes, notably because of calcination or putrefaction.
(16) Therefore, calcining the two radionuclides together in an aerosol altered the kinetics of both following inhalation in rats, but most dramatically for 244Cm.
(17) Hereby the tissue calcination will be defined from the real ossifications and the direct exogene shades.
(18) Fetuses were fully calcinated and ash weight and calcium content determined.
(19) Although each study suffers from some deficiencies, as is common in such retrospective studies, the findings in concert strongly indicate that nickel emitted from the calcining and sintering operations is a potent carcinogen resulting in nasal and pulmonary cancers.
(20) The present paper reports the determination of Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn and As in complex prescription decoctions of ochre and calcined ochre by atomic absorption spectroscopy.
Lime
Definition:
(n.) A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
(n.) The linden tree. See Linden.
(n.) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.
(n.) Birdlime.
(n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
(v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
(v. t.) To entangle; to insnare.
(v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them.
(v. t.) To cement.
Example Sentences:
(1) In labelled acidic waters, the 26Al was present predominantly in low molecular weight forms, whereas in labelled limed waters the major fraction of 26Al was present in a high molecular weight form.
(2) That diary was published in 2005 by Limes, a serious Italian magazine, which did not identify the cardinal.
(3) When treated after exposure to ribonuclease, the colonies fluoresced lime-green.
(4) Adult Persian lime trees grafted on Citrus macrophylla and C. volkameriana were used, planted on a groundwater-affected red ferrilytic soil in the La Habana Province.
(5) Powdered slaked lime applied to the chewed Areca nut with Piper betle inflorescence at the corner of the mouth causes the mean pH to rise to 10, at which reactive oxygen species are generated from betel quid ingredients in vitro.
(6) Alfalfa plants of a resistant, a susceptible and a highly susceptible strains were grown in unlimed soil at pH 5.8 and in limed one at pH 6.9 and inoculated by the pathogens of vascular wilt, Corynebacterium insidiosum and Verticillium albo-atrum.
(7) Most obvious differences can be found for Cd: While the concentrations of soluble Cd in anaerobically digested sludge only increase at pH values lower than pH 4, the solubility of Cd in precipitation sludge and limed sludges already show rapid increases at pH values lower than 7.
(8) While it is still hot, juice the lime into a cup and stir in the granulated sugar (which will not dissolve completely).
(9) A solution – injecting the graves with a lime solution to speed up decomposition – was eventually discovered by a graveyard worker, who charged the Norwegian authorities $670 per plot.
(10) The soda lime capacity is 25 litres (approximately 20 kg).
(11) 3 First squeeze lime juice over the fruit, then dip it into the flavoured salt.
(12) The frequency of micronucleated cells (MNC) derived from exfoliated human oral mucosal cells has been measured to assess genotoxic damage in chewers of betel quid with tobacco (BQT) and tobacco with lime (T).
(13) This fruit possesses a taste-modifying substance that causes sour foods--e.g., lemons, limes, or grapefruit--to taste sweet.
(14) The results obtained in R. tigrina have been discussed in relation to the increased calcium deposits in the paravertebral lime sacs and to the possible enhanced secretion of the parathyroid glands.
(15) "I do a mean ceviche with it – coconut milk, lime juice and chilli.
(16) Lime Street was closed off by police as the demonstrations continued.
(17) He also produced this effect in some of his sculptures, for example Untitled (Funerary Box for a Lime Green Python) (1954), where a pair of solemn-looking palm leaves gives the work a consciously ritualistic tone.
(18) Grab a table if you're arriving late enough for the restaurant section to have emptied, and make the barman get his big grinder out by ordering a mandarinha – Beija-Flor cachaça, mandarin syrup, lime juice and black pepper.
(19) Once it's a deep golden colour all over, transfer to a dish and season with a squeeze of lime or lemon juice, coarse sea salt, plenty of hazelnut butter (the butter will need a good stir, because the solids will settle to the bottom) and a grind of black pepper.
(20) The amount of Ni extracted by ammonium acetate was reduced by 36% in the limed metal soil compared with the unlimed metal soil.